Situation: I bought a new SSD and I wanted to migrate my OS (windows 10) onto it from my HDD, the HDD is 4 years old and is using up 620GB of storage out of 700GB. The SSD is 500GB so a transfer of all files wouldn’t be possible. I wanted to know if it would work if I were to use the windows 10 recovery reset tool and fresh install Windows 10 onto my SSD and if I would be able to keep the other files on my HDD if I selected the keep my files option.
Summary: In general, if you want to migrate your Windows operating system like Windows 10 to SSD, you can try using MiniTool Partition Wizard.
Video tutorial for Migrate Windows 10 to SSD
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Overview of MiniTool Partition Wizard
Developed by famous software development company, MiniTool Partition Wizard can help to easily and quickly transfer operating system from one hard drive to another without data loss. Furthermore, it offers two features to complete this task. To be specific, Copy Disk feature can help to transfer all data including operating system as well as other data from HDD to a new one, while Migrate OS to SSD/HDD feature only move OS. Note: you can read this post – Migrate OS to SSD/HD VS. Copy Disk in Partition Wizard to know more details.
Steps to Migrate Windows 10 to SSD Free
Note: here, we take Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard for example to show how to complete OS migration.
First, launch Free MiniTool Partition Wizard, and then click “Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard” feature.
Next, select SSD to continue.
Third, choose a suitable way to migrate OS, and then click Finish to go back the main interface.
Finally, click Apply to execute all changes.